Prevent, prevent, you pure and awful gods, me from ever seeing that day! No, may I be swept away from all men, before I see myself visited with that brand of doom. ChorusTo us, king, these things are fraught with fear. Yet have hope, until at least you have gained full knowledgefrom the one who saw the deed.OedipusI have, in truth, this much hope alone: I await the man summoned from the pastures.